6 Florence — Vienna. 



Brazil and the region of the Orinoco are especially well represented 

 and generallj' America, both North and South, takes the lead. The 

 Pacific Region contributes little of note. From the Hawaiian Is- 

 lands onh' a lei palaoa, koi, ie kuku, and some kapa. The coarse ka- 

 pas from Bolivia and the Rio Napo were interesting, and the Mex- 

 ican feather mosaics and the plumes and feather head-bands from 

 the Chamacocos del Chico boreale were very beautiful. There was 

 a fair New Guinea series, also specimens from Micronesia and Fiji, 

 but nothing not common in other museums. In Florence, owing to 

 the absence of the Curator, during the Easter holidays, none of the 

 local colledlions were seen. Since this was written Prof. Dr. Gigli- 

 oli has kindly sent the two valuable papers he has published* de- 

 scribing a number of articles from the Pacific that have been in the 

 Real Museo di Fisica e Storia Naturale at Florence since the end 

 of the last century; many, if not all of them, from Cook's third V03'- 

 age. When the famous Paolo Mantegazza founded the Museo Naz- 

 ionale di Antropologia e di Etnologia, the first of its kind in Italy, 

 this negledled and almost forgotten collection became the nucleus 

 of the new museum. In this are the following: — 



2 Feather capes. 2 Helmets without feathers. A number of ka- 

 pas. (Dr. Giglioli quotes full}' from the Preliminar}' Catalogue of 

 the Bishop Museum.) 2 Lei palaoa. 2 Tortoise-shell bracelets. 

 Hula drum of coconut wood. 2 Kiipee hoakalakala. 2 Kupee 

 niho ilio. 2 Stone adzes. 6 Fish-hooks. Kou dish with figure 

 for handle; resembles Fig 8. 2 Umeke. Ihe or javelins. Dag- 

 ger, />«//c«. 2 Leiomano. Some good Tongan clubs, baskets, 

 and nets. The remains of one of the rare Tahitian robes of 

 ceremony; and other objects of less importance. 



In Vienna was found one of the great museums of Europe. 

 Two palaces separated by an extensive square, in which is the stat- 

 ue of Maria Theresa, contain the public museums; on one side the 

 Art colledlions, on the other the Ethnology and Natural History. 

 The Ethnological colle(5tion, in charge of Dr. Franz Heger, is nobly 



* Apunti intorno ad una Collezione Etnografica fatta durante il terzo viaggio di Cook e 

 conservata sin dalla fine del secolo scorso nel R. Museo di Fisica e Storia Naturale di Firenze. 

 Studio del Prof. Dott. Enrico Hillyer Giglioli. Firenze 1S93-95. 



